diff --git a/lib/tapioca/loaders/dsl.rb b/lib/tapioca/loaders/dsl.rb
index 396aff7d9..043bef8b9 100644
--- a/lib/tapioca/loaders/dsl.rb
+++ b/lib/tapioca/loaders/dsl.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class << self
 
         sig { params(tapioca_path: String, eager_load: T::Boolean, app_root: String).void }
         def load_application(tapioca_path:, eager_load: true, app_root: ".")
-          loader = new(tapioca_path: tapioca_path, app_root: app_root)
+          loader = new(tapioca_path: tapioca_path, eager_load: eager_load, app_root: app_root)
           loader.load
         end
       end